1. Citizenship Social Studies Online
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2. Blue Print Skill Determine the representative acts of a good citizen.
Identify examples of rights and responsibilities of citizens.

3. Citizenship
The way the members of a group use their rights and carry out their responsibilities.

4. Rights A right is something that is owed a person.
At school, you have the right to learn.

5. Responsibilities A responsibility is something a person must do.
I am responsible for being quiet while the teacher is talking.

6. Volunteers
Members of a community might show good citizenship by becoming community volunteers.
A volunteer chooses to do important work that is needed. They are not paid for their work.

7. Volunteers
In many communities, most or all of the firefighters are volunteers.

8. Volunteers In many communities, children are volunteers, too.
They visit older people who do not have family nearby.
They collect bottles, cans, and newspapers for recycling. A thing that is recycled is used again in some way.

9. Volunteer Organizations
Volunteers work in many organizations.
The Red Cross and the Salvation Army help people in wartime or after an earthquake, flood, or other disaster.

10. Volunteer Organizations
Volunteers work in many organizations.
They are leaders in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and other clubs.

11. Rights or Responsibility?
Can you list some rights you have?
Can you list some responsibilities you have at home, at school, and on teams?

12. Citizenship
Can you list some ways the members of a community show good citizenship?